This is not intended as a departure from the strong commitment to facilitate lasting peace agreement. We want an agreement that is a great deal for the israelis. Great deal for the palestinians. Those opposed to the deal says the u. S. Is no longer acting as mediator for two state solution. You have made it difficult for the United States to act as an unbiased broker in any peace negotiations. When everybody warns that this is a bad idea you might want to give credence that this could be a bad idea. The ranking republican senator says it shouldnt matter. If you allow someone to say all right have it my way wher should not be in the position of the country. Benjamin netanyahu praised president trumps move and a dire reaction from the Palestinian Authority president. Mahmoud abbas said that trumps decision will lead us in to wars that will never end. President trump says democrats are to blame if there is a government shutdown. Congress has until friday to pass a spending bill. Developin
7 00 p. M. In the city warm and muggy at 11 00. A spotty shower possible at the 11 00 oclock hour. Now coming up well talk about when we see a break in the humidity, how long the heat continues, and relief in that weekend forecast. It cant come soon enough. Ill see you later in the broadcast. Well continue to track that severe weather. All right, kathy, thanks. As we look live at old city make sure to download our fox 29 app to get the forecast sent right to your phone. You can see the latest alerts and warnings. Its free. Just download it from the apple or google play stores. Past couple of days spending time inside in refreshing aircondition has been the hot thing to do, right . But its not just humans trying to cool off. Cockroaches are trying to escape the heat as well. Yeah seems like they have invaded local businesses in an effort to do just that. Foxs dawn timmeney joins us from Philadelphia City hall tonight. This is a serious problem. Dawn. Reporter it is definitely concerning
Lets take look at some pictures ill tell was castor had to say today. The former Montgomery County District Attorney says the job of acting attorney general brings a big learning curve and as of wednesday night when Kathleen Kane leaves office, he will take it on. Castor in a rambling press conference said he took a call from the embattled now convicted attorney general attorney Kathleen Kane this afternoon. Until this afternoon when she did ask my opinion and i told her that i thought it would be very difficult for her to remain in light of the developments in Montgomery County. Well i dont know that anybody is prepared to assume a job of this nature. I certainly have spent my entire professional live learning how to run a large government operation and i have been doing it more or less for last five months. Reporter bruce castor has been the solicitor general here. He came in to sort of run this office. The legal aspect of this office when Kathleen Kane actually had her law license s
Live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 10. Developing at 10, a brawl that got so brutal one local woman walked away missing part of her finger. That woman she was fighting not off parter of their index finger. Police are trying to nail down the chain of events. Im lucy noland. Im iain page. It was violent fight that took a sharp turn for the worst. Fox 29s Dave Schratwieser is at the Philadelphia Police headquarters tonight with the story. Dave . Reporter iain, police and witnesses tell us this fight escalated very quickly and stretched from one side of the street to the other side of the street. What was behind it an argument over 20. Girls kept hitting, her sister kept hitting. Reporter thats the way witnesses describe the all out brawl between two young women Tuesday Morning that started in this backyard and ended on this street corner. With one of female brawlers getting her index finger bitten off. It was terrible. You know, it was terrible. Why would you bit
Lewis delaware. We have waves of 5 to 6 feet on the mouth of the delaware bay. Water temperature, 77. Air temperature, 75. Its breezy. We have an east northeasterly breeze at 15 to 25 miles per hour. The beach patrol says its rough in the water. We have rip currents, the National Weather service issued a moderate risk of rip currents. The burn time is 25 minutes. Again if youre heading into the water make sure you exercise caution. The Nittany Lions are coming to town, lincoln financial field taking on the temple owls, low humidity if youre heading out to the game. Walltowall sunshine temperatures in the 80s. Big question is do we keep the winning weather going throughout the entire weekend . Ill be back along with the entire forecast in just a few minutes. The Labor Day Weekend is the last harrah for many to enjoy the summer fun. Live look at Atlantic City. Jersey shore a popular destination for many few famili. Trish hartman was there with more. Reporter jim at the original fudge kit